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Scott Ritter

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Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'SCORPION KING: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from FDR to Trump.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, served in General Schwarzkopf's staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991 to 1998 served as a chief weapons inspector with the UN in Iraq. Mr Ritter currently writes on issues pertaining to international security, military affairs, Russia, and the Middle East, as well as arms control and nonproliferation.
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Scott Ritter: For NATO and Ukraine, Reality Bites

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There’s an iconic scene in the 1990's cult classic movie, Reality Bites, where Leilaina, played by Winona Ryder, delivers the valedictory address. "What are we...

Scott Ritter: My YouTube ban dehumanizes Russians and insults Westerners

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The platform has taken it upon itself to decide who has the right to have their voices heard, based on Russophobia alone. There’s a scene...

The US is caught in a dilemma with Niger

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Washington can’t sever relations with the post-coup government lest it lose the basis for its military presence in the African country. Last week, Acting Deputy...

Scott Ritter: Who is responsible for Ukraine’s failed counteroffensive?

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On a normal summer's day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers...

NATO Summit serves up cringe nothing-burger

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Back in 1984, Wendy’s (an American fast-food chain) released an advertisement starring an elderly actress named Clara Peller. The premise of the ad had Peller...

Scott Ritter: Ukrainian counteroffensive’s second week ends in failure

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Operation enters the second week of Ukraine’s long-awaited and highly touted counteroffensive, some basic conclusions can be drawn even though the fighting continues, and...

‘Waging Peace’: How a tour of Russia showed me that propaganda perverts reality in the minds of Americans

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My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home. At the end of April,...

Scott Ritter: Sending F-16 to Ukraine will backfire

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After months of deliberation, the United States, NATO, and the European Union have come to an agreement of sorts regarding the provision of US-manufactured...

Scott Ritter: How Americans fell for Washington’s ‘War Racket’

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Smedley Butler, a two-time recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and former US Marine Corps major general, famously observed that “war is a...

Naftali Bennett’s inconvenient ‘recollection’

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On March 5, 2022, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett visited Moscow, where he held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the...
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